LEARN NC

K–12 teaching and learning · from the UNC School of Education

Goal 10

The learner will develop, defend, and evaluate positions on issues regarding the personal responsibilities of citizens in the American constitutional democracy.

Objective 10.04

Demonstrate characteristics of effective citizenship.

Resources aligned to this objective

1869: A report on schools in North Carolina
In this lesson, students use a guided reading to look at a report on the status of education in North Carolina in 1869, and discuss the reasons given then for why the Governor and Legislature should support educating North Carolina's children. They are provided an opportunity to compare and contrast the 1869 document against their own ideas about the civic duty to attend school through age sixteen, and its relative value to the state and the country.
Format: lesson plan (grade 10 Social Studies)
By Victoria Schaefer.